Toy trick box



May 10, 1927.

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Filed July 1:. 192a Patented May 10, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1 AUGUST C. RAISNER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. i

TOY TRICK ox.

Application filed July 13, I

Y My invention relates to toy trick boxes and its'objects are to provide a box with which tricks, amusing and puzzling to the old as well as the young, may be performed by an unskilled person familiar with the box and to provide a trick box which may be readily manufactured and sold at low cost.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a box made in accordance with my invention,

Figures 2, 3 and 4 side, front and rear views respectively of the box shown in Figure 1 Figure 5 a section on line 5-5 of Figure 4,,

Figure 6 a section on line 6+6 of' Figure 2, v

Figure 7 a fragmentary edge view of the back wall of the box, and v Figure 8 a picture view showing the box in section illustrating how the box is opened in performing a trick.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a front of the box, 2 sides secured to the front by rows of'nails 3, 4 a rectangular bottom secured. to front 1 and; sides 2 preferably by nails 5, and havinga peripheral shoulder 6 abutted by front 1 and sides 2, 7 a back mounted on the sides for swinging outwardly and when in closed position abutting shoulder 6, 8 a leg secured to a screw 9 threaded in bottom 4 with thepoint of the screw projecting into a keeper 10 on the lower edge of back 7, 11 a lid hinged to the back, and 12 a yieldable latch pivoted to front 1 and engaging a keeper pin 13 on the edge of lid 11 to hold it in closed position.

Back 7 is swingably mounted on the sides by nails 14 near the rear edge of each side, extending into the edge of the back and serving as a pivot. Nails 15, embedded in the sides only, serve as dummies to mislead a person inspecting the box to believe that the pivot nails 14 and the dummy nails 15 firmly secure the sides to the back. The bottom of the box is provided with a leg 16 at each corner, similar to the leg 8, to divert the attention of a person scrutinizing the box, from leg 8. To deceive the eye the legs are provided with a fillet 16 of glue so that a person seeing the fillet will be led to beiine. Serial No. 122,099.

lieve that all of the legs are well glued to the bottom. a

. In performing a trick, such for example as causing a coin placed in the box to disappear, a. coin 17 is placed in the box and lid 11 is closed and locked with latch 12; The box is then placed in the right hand, as shown in Figure 8, with back 7 locked in closed position by screws?) engaging keeper 10 in the lower edge ofthe back. The attention of the audience is then diverted by false movements of the hands of the performer while leg 8 with screw 9 is turned slightly to bring its pivot out of keeper 10 and unlock back 7, after which lid 11 isv shifted forward, latch 12 yielding sufliciently to allow this movement. 'This will swing back 7 outwardly to open position and the coin may be slid out of the box, as shown in Figure 8, by a quick rearward movement of the box or by tilting the box backward. After the coin isremoved fromthe box, the lid is shifted rearward to bring back 7' to closed position and screw 9 is turned to lock the back in closed position. The box may then be given to one of the audience to open and see if the coin is still in the box." While doing this the coin may be kept in the palm of the hand andby false 'moven'ients of the hand brought near and slipped into the pocket.

Any one inspecting the box will be misled by the row of nails 14 and 15 to believe that the back is nailed to the sides and by the fillet 16 to believe that the leg 8 is well glued to the bottom. The shoulder 6 forms an abutment for preventing inward movement of the back and the point of screw 9 in keeper 10 locks the back against outward movement, thus positively holding the back against accidental opening.

From actual use, I have found that little skill is required to effectively perform a trick and that the tricks may be varied and are amusing to the old as well as the young. The box being of simple design may be readily manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

While I have described my invention as taking a particular form, it will be understood that the various parts may be changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a trick box, opposed sides, a back affixed by pivots to diametrically opposite points on said sides, and a lid hinged to the back and adapted to swing said back on said pivots in the direction toward the front of the boX.

2. In a trick box having .opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides; a back swingably mounted on the sides; a lid hinged to the back, and means in the bottom for locking the back in closed position.

3. In a trick box having opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides; a back swingably mounted on the sides; a lid hinged to the back; legs secured to the bottom, and means on one of the legs for locking the back in closed position.

4. In a trick box having opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides; a back swingably mounted on the sides; a lid hinged to the back; legs secured to the bottom, and a screw on one of the legs adapted to be screwed into engagement with the back to lock it in closed position.

In a trick box having opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides; a back swingably mounted on the sides; a lid hinged to the back; a keeper secured to the back; legs secured to the bottom, and a screw on one of the legs adapted to be screwed into engagement with the keeper to lock the back in closed position.

6. In a trick box having opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides; a row of nails in the sides near the rear edges thereof, one

of the nails in each side serving as a pivot; a back mounted on said pivot nails; a lid associated with said back and adapted to cause the lower edge thereof to swing outwardly, and means for securing the back in a fixed position.

7. In a trick box, opposed sides, a back affixed by pivots to diametrically opposite points on said sides, a lid hinged to the back and adapted to swing said back on said pivots, and means for fixing said back to the bottom as desired.

8. In a trick box having a front, opposed sides and a bottom secured to the sides and the front; a back mounted on the sides; a lid hinged to the upper edge of the back; means for pivoting said back whereby upon a movement .of said lid the upper edge of said back may be swung toward the front of the box and its lower edge outwardly; means on the box for locking the back in closed position; a yieldable latch pivoted on the front, and a keeper on the lid adapted to be en aged by the latch.

9. A trick box including a bottom provided with a peripheral shoulder; a front secured to the bottom and abutting the front portion of the shoulder; sides secured to the front and the bottom and abutting the side portions of the shoulder; a back mounted on the sides and adapted to abut the rear portion of the shoulder; means for pivoting said back whereby the lower edge thereof may be positioned away from said rear portion of the shoulder; means 011 the box for locking the back in closed position, and a lid hinged to the back.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

AUGUST C. RAISNER. 

